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DnD Central / Re: Everything Trump…
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That’s when you chimed in. “We need to succeed (sic) from the union and form our own country,” you said.

Bless his heart.
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DnD Central / Re: Everything Trump…
I hope Trump holds on to the bitter end. There's no reason to assume formalities change what we already know... And I'd love to see Trump get harshly evicted from the White House.
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DnD Central / Re: Is there an international holiday on this forum??
The winter solstice otherwise known as Christmas?

This forum has a birthday that may qualify for whatever you're suggesting. IDK what the point would be. Not too long ago I thought of making a thread like, "This is why I keep coming back.". Mostly because of your comments, where people could post a quote from anywhere when it reminds them of our little community's personality. The entropy thread serves basically the same purpose.
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DnD Central / Re: Challengin plane over a football ground
Human trafficking or "slavery" is still very much a thing. Where's the outcry for more action there? Too busy burning down places here I guess. It's not the time to argue this who's lives matter tagline... Some understanding of the plight others still face would only bolster their point.
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DnD Central / Re: Why is there such a routine big police (and coloured) problem in the US
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1toK3ODe9U&fbclid=IwAR2dpA0TPaD326PtL6j03kr51l6KrzlzB3io7FUm3QcFlvElQ_-znuP45zA[/video]

Fixed broken link.

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The country is gun daft and has never properly or effectively handles things.
Easy there. Already plenty trying to make this about something it's not.

And here's a link from last night.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnRuWcgflaE[/video]

A perfect example of what to do if you wanna get shot. And that's the problem. I don't see anything "racist" there. Despite any threat he posed I don't think they should of shot him either. Another officer was pulling in and they probably would of caught him soon enough. Let him run out some of that energy. Cops caught the worst of that tussel, sure. But that's part of the risk they take. That guy took a DUI (or whatever) charge and turned it into way more... But still not a death sentence. By police policy, tho, this is textbook justification for getting your ass shot. That needs to change. If he'll fight that hard now he's likely to continue posing a threat to officers and the public. Grabbing more weapons and who knows what? That's the mindset. But might also run across the street and lay down to surrender when he realizes they aren't gonna let him go.

There's other videos of this with a [black] man saying, "They shot him for no reason." and "He was unarmed.". Which simply isn't the case. Most of the cries that these folks are "innocent" are not true. They didn't deserve what they got, but they are hardly without blame. You can't get combative with police. Blacks are notorious for handing police badly. That's not exclusive to them but surely it's disproportionately the case.

Culturally there's some housekeeping to be done. In the black community and in law enforcement. And a lot of it stems from the poor state of social services and the justice system.

Guns are another issue entirely. What started this had nothing to do with guns. It had to do with another black man getting arrested for drug charges and getting combative with police. And a brain dead officer letting his emotions keep him cutting the oxygen supply off to a subdued man. Two wrongs just ain't making it right.